On September 19 the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, concluded a three-day trip to India. As he set off to meet Narendra Modi, Xi wrote in The Hindu that China and India “need to become co-operation partners…
I’ve put on a bit of weight in the last 4 million years, obviously.
Mr Mo-Fo
The fossil record of early humans is punctuated by gaps, voids in our understanding of all the transitions from the common ancestor of humans and other apes to modern day Homo sapiens. While working in…
Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research
Warmer climates are shrinking Tibetan glaciers at their summits, researchers have discovered. A study has shown that the…
Campaigners say the Australian government should take a stronger stance against Chinese occupation and human rights abuse in Tibet.
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In the past week, the number of Tibetan self-immolations in protest against the Chinese occupation has risen to 111 since 2009. Despite the increasing numbers of Tibetans self-immolating and general unrest…
Chinese police in Tibet are equipped with guns and a fire extinguisher to deal with any person protesting through self immolation.
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On January 12, a young Tibetan man, Tsering Tashi, set himself on fire in a nomadic area in China’s Gansu province, while calling for the long life of the Dalai Lama and a free Tibet. Less than a week…